Sentence examples for petrified for from inspiring English sources

"I happen to think they're all petrified for their jobs".

Our mother was petrified for most of their marriage".

(No prizes for guessing that we've veered toward "petrified" for a while now).

There it petrified for twenty-one years until I died in 1988.

I was so petrified for the percussion final I was nearly sick, but I really enjoyed the concert final.

It can be a grueling way to earn a show-biz living: Mr. Cantone says he was absolutely petrified for the first five years.

"I understand there are rules about uniform," said one mother, Sian Williams, whose year 7 daughter managed to pass the uniform check, "but to be so strict and allow children to feel that way on their first day of school must have been petrifying for them".

Read: Trump just called out Republicans for being "petrified" of the NRA.

David Cameron and George Osborne were "desperate for power" and petrified of a leadership bid by Boris Johnson, according to the memoirs of a former Liberal Democrat cabinet minister.

The ride continues and I am holding on for dear life, petrified of how it will feel to finally hit the ground, because I see now, there is no way around it.

For that reason, Republicans -- and "the entire power establishment," for that matter -- are "petrified" of Trump, according to Stone.